West Hawaii Today from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii • A1

NASA TESTING NEW SPACECRAFT irk ui iuii LinLuni iu 1 1 i '8EfflhiW' ON TAP THIS WEEK SPORTS, IB RAGE3A We4 Hawaii Today TUESDAY. nFP.FMRFR WESTH AWAI ITODAY.m WESTHAWAIIT0DAY.COM 75 rurwc nAi i iatihm Mot Ds)taslh0p Pele on move again i BY TOM CAWS STEPHENS MEDIA HAWAII PAHOA Pahoa Marketplace or Hawaiian Paradise Park? As usual, the June 27 lava flow isn't offering Puna residents any desirable options. After staying far upslope for the past two weeks, the flow advanced hastily over the weekend with a fresh ribbon of red molten rock establishing itself as its new front The new leading edge was advancing at a rate of between 350 and 400 yards per day to the north-northeast and was following a path toward Pahoa's largest shopping area. As of Monday morning, the flow was 2.9 miles from the intersection of Highway 130 and Pahoa Village Road, where the shopping center is located. If it maintains its current rate, the flow could reach the highway in about two weeks.

But before it gets there, the flow could track north toward Hawaiian Paradise Park, or split in both directions, officials said. The deciding factor will be which path of steepest descent the flow follows. About a mile from its front Monday, two lines of steepest descent, identified by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists to help predict the flow's path, nearly intersect One travels to the shopping area and another continues north toward the southeastern edge of HPP, the Big Island's largest subdivision. "Until it comes to that point it's difficult to say with any certainty," Gov. David Ige speaks at his first news conference after his inauguration in the state Capitol in Honolulu on Monday.

Ige was sworn in as Hawaii's eighth governor since statehood on Monday, vowing to have a more inclusive government. PHOTOS BY CATHY BUSSEWITZTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ige sworn in as Hawaii governor SEE LAVA PAGE 5A BY CATHY BUSSEWITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU Democrat David Ige was sworn in Monday as Hawaii's eighth governor, taking the oath of office in the state Capitol in a ceremony that featured hula dancers, conch calls and ukulele serenades. Ige took the helm after defeating James "Duke" Aiona in the General Election and upsetting incumbent Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the primary. In an event that paid tribute to Ige's roots as the grandson of Japanese immigrants and a melting pot of Hawaiian traditions, Ige SEE IGE PAGE 4A Friends remember Kona student killed in Waipio accident Gov.

David Ige delivers his first speech as governor at the Capitol on Monday in Honolulu. BY JOHN BURNETT STEPHENS MEDIA HAWAII Students and staff of a Christian school in Kona are mourning the weekend death of a student in an apparent hiking accident in Waipio Valley. Police haven't released the iden Tears, joy, controversy mark new council term tity of the woman whose body was found Sunday in the water of the Hiilawe River, but University of the Nations officials and family posts on social Nickerson Kanuha stressed cooperation and consensus. "Aohe hana nui kealu ia," Kanuha said. "No task is too big when done together by all." Mayor Billy Kenoi urged the council to work hard, and work hard to get along.

There will be a "plethora of challenges," he said. "At the end of the day, we're gonna disagree, but we don't need to be disagreeable," Kenoi said. "Our community deserves our very best and no less, at the end of the day." Incoming council members are Maile David, representing South KonaKaHi, Aaron Chung, representing Hilo, and Danny Faleka, representing Puna. Council members serve two-year terms. David was the deputy county clerk.

Chung served eight years on the council before being term-limited 10 years ago. This SEE COUNCIL PAGE 4A BY NANCY COOK LAUER WEST HAWAII TODAY ncook4auerwesthavwitoday.com Tears, joy, controversy and even silly hats marked the changing of the guard Monday, as three members of the County Council were replaced by newcomers eager to get on with the people's work. The new council unanimously approved Kona Councilman Dm Kanuha chairman, Hamakua Council woman Valerie Poindexter vice chairwoman and Stewart Maeda, who has served as clerk for the past two years, the clerk. Kanuha, at 30, is said to be the youngest chairman of the council. He's also the first chairman from Kona.

Fellow council members praised their new leader. Poindexter said Kanuha has a "Hawaiian heart" She said she's sure heTl have the best interest of the people in that heart. media confirm she was 22-year-old Iindsey Nkkerson of Kaflua-Kona. Police said Nkkerson went missing during a hike Saturday to Hiilawe Falls. Nickerson, originally from Oskaloosa, Iowa, arrived at the Kona campus in September to train as a missionary.

"We're mourning and grieving, the student body especially' said Matt Whitlock, an administrator at the Youth With a Mission-run school. It's quite tragic She was very athletic and agile, so it comes as a bit of a shock. But having faith and the perspective that she's Incoming Chairman Dru Kanuha, left, is congratulated by Mayor Billy Kenoi as Vice Chairwoman Valerie Poindexter looks On. NANCY COOK LAUERWEST HAWAII TODAY SEE HIKER PAGE 4A IB Annie's Mailbox 3C Classified 4B Comics 4C Nation World 3A Opinion 6A Sports hi82lo70 WEATHER, VOL. 46, NO.

336 20 RAGES 58551 00760 0.